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- The film industry in Africa: figures and realitiesFigures about African cinema often circulate without a date or a source. This piece uses only the data published by UNESCO in its 2021 report, clearly separating what is measured from what is an estimated potential.UNESCO
- Financing an Africa–Europe co-productionA co-production is not financed by stacking funding windows: it is built on a legal structure and a timetable compatible with each scheme's rules.Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) · Institut français · Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
- Aide aux cinémas du monde: understanding the CNC–Institut français schemeAide aux cinémas du monde is the main French scheme supporting foreign films co-produced with France. Its rules are published by the CNC and the Institut français.Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) · Institut français
- Nollywood: production and distribution modelNigeria is regularly cited for its production volume. The 2021 UNESCO report provides a dated numerical benchmark, which must be handled with its limitations.UNESCO
- French-speaking African cinema and the Fonds Image de la FrancophonieThe Fonds Image de la Francophonie is one of the multilateral schemes most used by French-speaking writers and producers. Its terms are published by the OIF.Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
- International distribution of African filmsDistribution does not start after the edit: it is prepared from development onwards, through the choice of partners and control of rights.UNESCO
- Platforms and new audiencesPlatforms have changed expectations of format, pace and delivery. They have not replaced the other circuits.UNESCO
- African animation and international marketsAnimation is one of the sectors where international co-production is most structuring, because cycles are long and fixed costs high.UNESCO
- Co-producing between France and AfricaA France–Africa co-production rests on a precise contractual framework and on public schemes whose rules are published.Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) · Institut français · Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF)
- Festivals and professional marketsA festival strategy is prepared like a release plan: calendar, hierarchy of selections, materials and available rights.UNESCO
- Financing, rights and intellectual propertyFinancing a work rests on its legal security. The chain of title is examined by every partner, public and private.Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
- Diasporas and international audiovisual creationSpeaking of a single "market" would be an analytical error. Four distinct realities coexist and call for different production approaches.UNESCO
See the Observatory of African cinema and Afro-descendant creation